“This is the ideal time for Savannah to have a food and wine festival,” said Michael Owens, president and CEO of the Tourism Leadership Council, better known as the TLC. “We are getting to be known nationally, and we need to take advantage of that. The idea is to produce the premier food and wine festival in the Southeast.”

Festival dinners and wine tastings will be held in restaurants around the city as well as in the downtown streets. The main event, Taste of Savannah, will be based in Ellis Square and will feature food and wine booths, music, chef cooking demonstrations and competitions for bartenders and wait staff.

Another festival event, the River Street Wine Stroll, will be held on the waterfront.

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